It became a pattern with Rowland, how he would start a story and then embelish it. There is no way to judge a persons testimonies other than by what is stated. He went into great detail about the man with a rifle and his description of him framed in the window. It proved to be wrong.
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It shows you Brennan was not an expert nor claimed to be knowledgeable.
Mr. BRENNAN. I am not an expert on guns. It was, as I could observe, some type of a high-powered rifle.
Now contrast that to Rowland.
Mr. SPECTER - How did you know that?
Mr. ROWLAND - I have been around guns quite a bit in my lifetime.
By Arnold's own statements he proves that was not true.
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Marina? In Russia they were not allowed to own a gun other than a shotgun. Oswald hunted with a shotgun in Russia. Given her upbringing she would have no way of knowing.
What's really going on is Jack Nessan is desperately trying to discredit Arnold Rowland..... And even though Rowland made statements that were inaccurate, he DID know the rifle that he saw in the hands of the man behind the sixth floor window was a SPORTING RIFLE ( high powered rifle , or hunting rifle) with a large telescopic sight..... and it was NOT a military rifle with a full wooden stock like a Mannlicher Carcano.
Perhaps Jack Nessan simply wants to belittle Rowland and display his" superior knowledge", which is common for a know-it-all.......
The bottom line is;... BOTH Arnold Rowland and Howard Brennan said that the rifle that they saw in the hands of a man who was wearing light colored clothing was a HIGH POWERED RIFLE.... and definitely NOT a Military rifle.